>>>>>Or any other app outside of the vfp app. If focus is on a textbox on a form, and the user clicks on outlook, how to make the lostfocus of the textbox fire. It only seems to fire when clicking on any other form inside the vfp app....
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>>>>Does Deactivate of the form fire?
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>>>No
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>>Check if this message Re: App to apply exams Thread #1482141 Message #1482535 may be relevant to the problem and can provide ideas.
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>You put me on the right track I think. A search also found this:
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>Windows Event Binding Made Easy (Detecting application switch)
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms947678.aspx

You're welcome.